{"id":33666,"date":"2022-04-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=33666"},"modified":"2024-01-03T15:17:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T23:17:29","slug":"cover-me-lowlands-soul-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/02\/cover-me-lowlands-soul-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Lowlands: Soul Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s continue our spotlight series on covers of lesser-known Springsteen songs by turning our attention to <em>Human Touch<\/em> as we celebrate its 30th anniversary this week.<\/p>\n<p><em>Human Touch<\/em> is full of overlooked gems, largely (I would argue) because its heavy-handed production tends to overpower the songs themselves. And on an album of deep cuts, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/22\/roll-of-the-dice-soul-driver\/\">Soul Driver<\/a>&#8221; is one of the deepest.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"font_regular\">That didn&#8217;t stop Italian roots\/rock band Lowlands from covering it, though. Early in their decade-long career, they contributed a terrific version of it for the Italian tribute album <em>For You 2.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-KbayqhTOK4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Lowlands&#8217;s version of &#8220;Soul Driver&#8221; is considerably moodier and broodier than Bruce&#8217;s eccentric original, thanks to a folk-tinged arrangement that lends the song a timeless feel. (The original is one of the most dated-sounding songs in Bruce&#8217;s catalog.)<\/p>\n<p>The band&#8217;s performance builds in power towards the song&#8217;s climax, with Chris Cacavas&#8217; gravelly vocals more than up to the challenge of matching Bruce&#8217;s passionate delivery on the album track.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>For You<\/em> albums are great cover collections that fly under-the-radar of most American fans; if you can find them, they&#8217;re well worth picking up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s continue our spotlight series on covers of lesser-known Springsteen songs by turning our attention to Human Touch as we celebrate its 30th anniversary this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[3452,3451,1945],"class_list":["post-33666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-for-you-2","tag-lowlands","tag-soul-driver"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/lowlands.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-8L0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41081,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/22\/roll-of-the-dice-soul-driver\/","url_meta":{"origin":33666,"position":0},"title":"Roll of the Dice: Soul Driver","author":"Ken","date":"January 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Beneath the overwrought production and busy arrangement lies the soul of a beautiful love song.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Roll of the Dice&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Roll of the Dice","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/roll-of-the-dice\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/souldriver.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/souldriver.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/souldriver.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/souldriver.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/souldriver.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41197,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/25\/cover-me-soul-days\/","url_meta":{"origin":33666,"position":1},"title":"Cover Me: Soul Days","author":"Ken","date":"January 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The youngest song on Bruce's album of covers would have made a fitting title track.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/souldays.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/souldays.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/souldays.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/souldays.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/souldays.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30560,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/19\/matr-sam-moore-and-bruce-springsteen-better-to-have-and-not-need\/","url_meta":{"origin":33666,"position":2},"title":"MatR: Sam Moore and Bruce Springsteen: Better to Have and Not Need","author":"Ken","date":"November 19, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Sam Moore lent his vocal talents to Bruce's 1992 Human Touch album; 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